Finding your way with MapInfo RouteFinder. The Premier routing and driving region solution for MapInfo Pro

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1 Finding your way with MapInfo RouteFinder The Premier routing and driving region solution for MapInfo Pro

2 What is MapInfo RouteFinder? An add-on to MapInfo Professional that creates routes and driving regions for the purposes of doing site and market analysis and improving efficiencies. Pitney Bowes MapInfo RouteFinder 2

3 How is RouteFinder used? To help a retailer analyse and choose sites for new stores. To help a property developer determine the best sort of business to bring into a property. To help an organisation choose the optimal site for an office relocation. To provide information so that a call centre in an organisation can route callers to their nearest store or outlet. To help a government agency plan a network of offices for their services. To help optimise the route for a series of deliveries. To help an insurance company determine how far policy holders are from their work locations. Pitney Bowes MapInfo RouteFinder 3

4 Perform site analysis Creating driving regions (isochrones or isodistances) A driving region represents the distance or time that can be reached in all directions from a given starting point. Driving regions can be used to analyse customer counts, demographics or other data. Useful in site analysis and selection. Routing network and background map are StreetPro Canada. TomTom BV Pitney Bowes MapInfo RouteFinder 4

5 Schedule visits effectively ( Traveling Salesperson calculations) Traveling salesperson calculates the optimal route to a set of destination locations. It can be used to help efficiently schedule a number of stops or visits. The road network used in the example above is StreetPro Australia TomTom BV. The background map is Microsoft Bing Roads 5

6 Create territories/boundaries (catchments) The colored area around each store represents the closest store using the road network. A maximum of 60 minutes was used in this calculation. Areas not colored are more than 60 minutes from the stores. The road network is StreetPro UK TomTom BV. The background mapping in the map above is the Microsoft Bing Roads map. Pitney Bowes MapInfo RouteFinder 6

7 Determine the nearest store for a large number of customers Can calculate multiple destination locations for each customer. Background map is StreetPro UK TomTom BV. Pitney Bowes MapInfo RouteFinder 7

8 Powerful and flexible routing and driving region calculations Perform batch or interactive operations. Modify the road network to account for construction, driving restrictions or other changes. Calculate routes and driving regions based on different transport modes such as walking and driving. Create your own custom modes. Pitney Bowes MapInfo RouteFinder Shortest route Quickest route

9 Calculate and analyse distances between origin and destination locations Given pairs of origins and destinations, it is possible to calculate travel times and distances. Other example uses: Customers to stores Patients to hospitals Locations of stolen and recovered autos (determine possible route taken) Employees distances between home and office locations 9

10 RouteFinder networks Pitney Bowes offers basic and premium networks for many countries. Premium networks include TomTom Speed Profiles data (observed speed data) for more accurate routes and driving regions. Morning peak Afternoon peak Weekly average Night average Interpeak (off peak average) Pitney Bowes MapInfo RouteFinder 10

11 Comparison of modelled speeds with observed speeds The StreetPro Premium network offers routing and driving region calculations based on observed driving speeds. 5, 10 and 15 minute driving regions in Berlin, Germany AM Peak time traffic speeds (Premium network) Standard modelled speeds (Standard network) 11

12 MapInfo RouteFinder Road Map Pitney Bowes MapInfo RouteFinder 12

13 MapInfo RouteFinder v5.0 goes 64 bit Development scheduled to be completed in March General release in April Theme Improvement Platform and user interface Routing enhancements Performance Native 64 bit version New ribbon based user interface More flexible route options More functions take advantage of dynamic segmentation (improvement in accessing/departing the route network) Improved support for different vehicle types Significantly reduced time to complete many calculations Network Extended tab file support: Create and use larger networks. Pitney Bowes MapInfo Pro Road map Product road map is subject to change

14 MapInfo RouteFinder v5.0 New ribbon based user interface And more!! Expanded route options 14

15 More info on MapInfo RouteFinder Overview in The MapInfo Pro journal: Click here Video tutorials: Click here Routing and proximity analysis with MapInfo RouteFinder Creating isochrones with MapInfo RouteFinder Free trial available Contact your MapInfo VAR or PB sales rep for a free trial. Pitney Bowes MapInfo RouteFinder 15

16 Thank you! Pitney Bowes MapInfo RouteFinder 16